Van sommige mensen hoef je alleen een voornaam te horen om te weten over wie er wordt gesproken. Elvis, Twiggy, Frank, Sammie, Andy, Sophia, Elizabeth, Priscilla, Marlene, John, Yoko, Paul, Jimmy, Jim, Janis, Mick, Jack, Ginger, Fred, Salvador, Cher en Audrey. Al deze iconen werden door vastgelegd door Oscar Abolafia, maar zij mochten hem Oscar noemen.

"[Simon's] sensitivity to atmosphere is, quite simply, astonishing. His decades-long examination of lives lived in the theatre is an invitation into very private worlds, at the second before they become public."

CATE BLANCHETT "Simon is on the actor's side and his camera respects all facets of their preparation before going live on stage."

VICTORIA BROACKES "Simon Annand has a unique sense of the whole process, the confluence between backstage and onstage. He has found a way of capturing the ...